2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American publication that specializes in publishing technical information on a variety of subjects including telephone switching systems, Internet protocols and services, as well as general news concerning the computer "underground" and left wing, and sometimes (but not recently), anarchism|anarchist issues.

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The magazine's name comes from the phreaker discovery in the 1960s that the transmission of a 2600 hertz tone (which could be produced perfectly with a plastic toy whistle given away free with Cap'n Crunch cereal discovered by friends of John Draper) over a long-distance trunk connection gained access to "operator mode" and allowed the user to explore aspects of the telephone system that were not otherwise accessible. The magazine was given its name by David Ruderman, who co-founded the magazine with his college friend, Eric Corley.It was first published in 1984, coinciding with the book of the same name and the break-up of AT&T. Ruderman ended his direct involvement with the magazine three years later.

Publication and Subscription

The magazine is published and edited by its co-founder Emmanuel Goldstein (a pen name of Eric Corley and allusion to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four) and his on-profit company 2600 Enterprises, Inc. 2600 is released on the first Friday of the month following a season change, January, April, July and October.

Goldstein has published a compilation of articles from the magazine entitled The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey. The book, an 888-page hardcover, has been available from July 28, 2008 in the US and August 8, 2008 in the UK and is published by Wiley.

The magazine offers free advertising for subscribers. Incarcerated subscribers often take out personal ads seeking new friends and penpals.

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Volume 1 (1984)

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Volume 2 (1985)

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Volume 3 (1986)

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Volume 4 (1987)

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Volume 5.1 (1988)

Volume 5.2 (1988)

Volume 5.3 (1988)

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Volume 5.4 (1988)

Volume 6.1 (1989)

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Volume 7.1 (1990)

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Volume 8.1 (1991)

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Volume 9.1 (1992)

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Volume 9.3 (1992)

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Volume 10.1 (1993)

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Volume 28.1 (2011)

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Volume 29.1 (2012)

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Volume 30.1 (2013)

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Volume 31.1 (2014)

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Volume 31.3 (2014)

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The Hacker Digest - Volume 1

The Hacker Digest - Volume 2

The Hacker Digest - Volume 3

The Hacker Digest - Volume 25

The Hacker Digest - Volume 26

The Hacker Digest - Volume 27

The Hacker Digest - Volume 28

The Hacker Digest - Volume 29

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The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey (July 28, 2008)

The Best of 2600, Collector's Edition: A Hacker Odyssey (February 3, 2009)